There is rampant transphobia in the FFXIV community - with homophobia being also present, but less. However, I don't think report system abuse is what that is. It's trans people being in FFXIV discords and constantly getting misgendered, it's people like the ones in that other thread having a hatecrush on the concept of revealing clothing on men. It's the fact that the concept of a trans person apparently qualifies as a joke to some people. It's the way Sena Bryer gets harassed for being trans, which, by the way, I don't even like her performance. But her comment section is always full of misgendering and transphobia. The same goes for regular trans players.

So while I think OP is in the wrong here, because the GMs do reconfirm reports, I think that there should be people raising awareness of FFXIV's queerphobia problem. Not to mention the crazy racist character names I report on an infrequent basis.

(That said, I can be pretty unpleasant and I've never gotten banned or GM messaged because while some people here say that the GMs hair trigger ban, they really don't: they evaluate the situation and react accordingly. I think they are possibly a bit hair trigger on ERP, but that's because FFXIV already has That reputation and they're trying to curb it.)